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“The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted”. –Henry Steele Commager

“Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and inhuman to impose the Jews on the Arabs”. –Mahatma Gandhi

“Making money ain’t nothing exciting to me. You might be able to buy a little better booze than the wino on the corner. But you get sick just like the next cat, and when you die you’re just as graveyard dead as he is”. –Louis Armstrong

“One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies”. –Phil Ochs

“There’s been times that I thought I couldn’t last for long, But now I think I’m able to carry on. It’s been a long, a long time coming, But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will”. –Sam Cooke

“Don’t worry – if there’s a hell below, we all gonna go”. –Curtis Mayfield

“Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks”. –Malcolm X

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear”. –Rosa Parks

“You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea”. –Medgar Evers